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Cue notes?

Is there a way I can make cue notes? I know I can put grace notes, but I still want them to playback as normal notes, only smaller size.

Re: Cue notes?

Reply #1 –
NWC allows you to place notes that show but don't play (muted), and notes that play but don't show (visibility hidden).

In this case, you will place notes that play but don't show, for the music you wish to hear. It sometimes helps to place them on a layered staff.

For notes that show but don't play, since you want them at a size other than the standard, you will have to place them as "text" rather than as musical notes. For this purpose, there are a couple of useful user fonts. You can find notes that can be placed and scaled so that they are at about 75% of the standard note size, which is typical for cue notes. Look in the Scriptorium (or in the Internet) for the "MusiSync" font. There may be others you can use. "MusiSync" has pre-formed notes (and some combinations of notes) that should work OK. To use such a font in NWC, you install the font into Windows in the usual fashion, then choose it as a "user font" for your NWC composition. This must be done for individual files.

In NWC2 (but not NWC1) you can specify that a note have empty note-head. Then, you can insert a note-head from Noteworthy's own font, at appropriate point size. You can also specify shorter stem lengths. But flags or beams would be full-scale.

You can also use a few objects in Noteworthy's font by specifying it as a user font, and changing the point size.

Re: Cue notes?

Reply #2 –
NWC2 does not currently include support for smaller cue notes.

Re: Cue notes?

Reply #3 –
Quite a good work around is select & highlight a passage and apply the grace note tool. They're a bit smaller than 'cue' notes in the Bährenreiter parts for the Haydn St Nic.,  but just acceptable. I am using them in parts for the Vivaldi Gloria.

Hopeully someday we might be able to apply a cue tool for a selected passage.

Re: Cue notes?

Reply #4 –
You can help the grace notes a little by giving them extra spacing.

Code: [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,XNoteSpace=3
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,XNoteSpace=3
|Note|Dur:4th,Grace|Pos:1|Opts:XNoteSpace=3
|Note|Dur:4th,Grace|Pos:3|Opts:XNoteSpace=3
|Note|Dur:Half,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:XNoteSpace=3
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Or something along those lines
 

Re: Cue notes?

Reply #5 –
You can flesh out the length of the bar a bit too, by putting a hidden rest after each grace note.  You need to use extra layered staffs to ensure the bar length.  Watch for overlap when layered.

Anyway, try this

Make three staffs:

Top staff

Code: [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:F#
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,Muted
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,Muted
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th,Grace|Pos:-2^|Opts:Muted
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th,Grace|Pos:-2|Opts:Muted
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First,Muted
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End,Muted
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:Whole|Opts:Stem=Down|Visibility:Never
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
The second staff is the first two bars of this clip.
Code: [Select · Download]
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:F#
|Instrument|Name:"Alto Sax"|Patch:65|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:8
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-2|Visibility:Never
|Instrument|Name:"Muted Trumpet"|Patch:59|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:8
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End|Visibility:Always
|Bar
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-3
|Note|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:VertOffset=-5
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:VertOffset=-5
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:VertOffset=-5
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:VertOffset=-5
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:Whole
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
The third staff is the last two bars of the second clip.

Layer and preview.  (I can't preview it just now, but it seemed to work a step or two ago.)